Today is one of my favorite Christian holidays — Pentecost. My youngest was baptized last year on this feast day and we just got home from a beautiful service at our church.
Speaking in tongues
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Whack-a-mole: female 'priests' edition
Last week, I wrote about a perennial GetReligion sport — “fundamentalist” whack-a-mole. The word is often used to describe any old traditional or conservative sect, but we’re forever pointing out “fundamentalist” has a very specific meaning in the context of Christian theology.
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Catholic schools, Catholic associations?
All faith-based schools are voluntary associations and, in terms of the ancient or modern doctrines they advocate, it really doesn’t matter if they are liberal schools or traditional schools.
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Whispering the F word
I guess it’s still news to reporters that people go on websites and post comments anonymously. If it’s on the Internet, it must be true, right? The xkcd cartoon on the right sums up the reality of the Internet: there’s always something to be fixed.
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5Q+1: Julia Duin and her times
Sunday is the much-overlooked Christian feast of Pentecost and we live in an era in which the global rise of Pentecostalism is simply — this cannot be debated — one of the most important religion stories of our time. Ask the experts at the Pew Forum on the Religion & Public Life.
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When headlines attack
The New York Times media reporter David Carr had a fun piece this week about how headlines have changed in the internet age.
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Got news? Jews for Jesus founder dies
The passing of Moishe Rosen wasn’t earth-shattering, but this was certainly news worthy of coverage on more obit pages than that of The Washington Post.
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Everybody draw Muhammad Day
May 20 is “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.” We looked at coverage of this event a month ago. It was the brainchild of an illustrator upset at Comedy Central’s censorship of the South Park show. South Park, which has depicted the Prophet Muhammad in the past to no criticism, was pretending to depict Muhammad again. Comedy Central fearful of Muslim violence, blocked the pretend depictions and censored previous shows.
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CNN religion blog offers fresh bite of irony
Several months ago, I had a chance to grab a bite to eat at Union Station with a long-time GetReligion reader named Eric Marrapodi, who just happens to be a producer at the CNN bureau here inside the Beltway.
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